Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property

Court Allen | Dykema

Imagine this scenario: your marketing team has decided that your company’s website is out of date and not particularly effective in serving existing customers or attracting new ones. Additionally, although the current outside web development company was once the recipient of lavish praise...

Intellectual Property

John V. Biernacki, Matthew W. Johnson, Dave Cochran | Jones Day

In the America Invents Act (“AIA”), Congress granted the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) heightened jurisdiction to hear challenges to patents related to performing data processing or other operations used in the practice, administration or management of a financial...

Intellectual Property

Marsha Gentner | Dykema Gossett PLLC

MCC: One highly publicized trademark case involves the NFL team the Washington Redskins. The team’s longstanding trademark has been deemed to be disparaging to Native Americans. What are the issues and any decisions from the court around disparagement and federal trademark registration as...